The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-29
The Latest Developments Indicate Pos.
sible Renewal of the Strike,
In Spite of the Claims of the Officers of the
Company. Who Announce that Business Is
Moving with but Very Little Friction.
THE READING TROUBLE.
vigorous Efforts of the knights to Caus
Another Stoppage of Business.

Vigorous Efforts of the knights to Cause
Another Stoppage of Business
Special to the Indianapolis Journai-
PoTTsvILLE. Pa, Dec 2S-The raiiroadsrs
are at last getting the strike organized. They
have found Swegards announce
ment that he had not promised arbitration and
his refusal to take back all hands again. All day
meetings were held here of the Miners Anal
gamated Union. and railroad assemblies, at
which arrangements completed for q
grand convention of labor interests, to be held
at Reading Thursday night, when the del
egates from two hundred assemblies of all
classes of industry along the Reading line from
Ezabethport to Williamsport. will be present
to bring the company to terms. To-
night and tomorrow will be spent
by leaders in bringing recacitrant
individuals and branch assemblies back into
line Chairman Lee is doing big work to- night
with Knights at Cressona and Schuylkill Haven,
many of whom have not struck. If necessary,
Thursday nights meeting will call on all rail
readers. miners and shop hands, clerks, etc., to-
strike. Many conservative Knights bitterly op-
pose this course. The railroad officials seem to
have entirely forgotten the striking employees.
the names of nine-tenths of them having been
get work again. The operatives of the coal
trains fast picking up trains from all direc
tions and brngncin Brotherhood engineers and
experienced raroaders to take the strikers
places. Thirty arrived the noon train to-day.
The officials say that they have double the num-
Der of men needed until the main line at
Philadelphia is in full operation again. All
branches are working full handed. except the
Frackville Short-line, as they have plenty of
cars without this. District No. - to-day de-
cided TO call special meetings tonight of ali To-
cal mining assemblies throughout Schuylkill
Northumberland and Columbia counties, for
the purpose Of electing and instructing dele
gates to attend the convention at Reading to-
morrow night when delegates from all railroad
and other assemblies will be present Fifteen
colleries worked to-day. the balance-ffty-
being idle because of snow and lack of cars.
Chairman Lee, of the executive committee Of
the Reading employees, has issued crculast5-ss
the public and the knights. lie says that in
view of the position taken by the general super
intendent of the company the men will have to
unite in defense of the order; that every
thing possible to effect a settlements has
been done without avail. for the sake
of the Lehigh and the business com munity
in the coal fields; that the dismissal of the five
crews ana or the recognized leaders of
the strike was acceded to; that Superintendent
Sweigard promised that others would lose
their positions. but that many moro have been
hence the strike is unavoidable; that
the strike has been forced upon them by
Superintendent Sweigard who has declared
that he will wipe out the Knights of Labor. He
calls on tho representative men of the Schuyl-
kill to intervene, and continues: 1.-The miners |
will stand by the railroaders. and when they
combine this fight it will take great deal of
money before they succeed in wiping out the |
knights of Labor" He closes by calling on the |
men to stand out.